How to attach to and debug an ASP.NET MVC application running in Windows Azure Emulator?

Question

I am writing an MVC 3 application to run in Windows Azure. On my local machine I use the Windows Azure emulator.

If I press F5 in my solution ("Start debugging") I'm able to put breakpoints and step through the code of my application.

Do you know if it's possible to attach to the application if it's already running (if it's been started with CTRL + F5, "Start without debugging")? If yes, how?

In ASP.NET running in IIS I just have to attach to the w3wp.exe process. How to do the same for the Windows Azure emulator?

Answer 1

If you are running the application in IIS (have a Sites section in your config file) then you will do it the same way with the emulator. Azure creates an Application Pool for the deployment so you will just need to attach to that w3wp.exe process.